Becker's Healthcare September 16, 2021
Researchers have dedicated significant effort and funding to study how wearables measure body processes, but not enough research has been conducted on the ethical, security and privacy concerns posed by this technology, according to a study published Sept. 15 in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
Researchers from the Digital Medicine Society used a range of search terms to find peer-reviewed articles on U.S.-led academic research on digital clinical measures between January 2019 and February 2021.
After reviewing 295 articles, the researchers found the top five research subareas were: operations research, analytical validation, usability and utility, verification and clinical validation. Seventy-six percent of...